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SydneyCarton

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  1. Based on the color of those blue jeans maybe 1984.
  2. Just a general heads up, boys, prepare your anus or maybe take the afternoon off. The child is back on the amphetamines again.
  3. I'd kill most of you if Manning's throwing motion resembled the ear level release of the 3rd photo. Gonna keep my tits nice and agitated, thank you.
  4. You think they like you now?
  5. They’re 100% using it to bully. We’ve operated without issue for 5+ years. There are competitors that aren’t being targeted. But we wouldn’t agree to their contract terms to do business with them in this state, and they threw a fit and all of a sudden they’re threatening trademark litigation.
  6. Sure there are other ways to present it…but we do a lot of business online. Which means search terms in google are a big deal. You work to rank for those terms so you show up, because that’s what people type to find what we offer. We don’t decide what people search for to find services, we can just do our best to make our pages relevant for those search terms. Their behavior is the equivalent of saying we can’t write content for Best Houston Hamburgers. Your suggestion is akin to saying we try really hard to advertise for Houston Ground Beef Sandwiches. But no one searches for that so we won’t get any customers, if that makes sense.
  7. They do have a federal trademark. But it is also a generic term.
  8. Well, it matters. It basically removed our ability to advertise on the internet entirely. There’s a lot of nuance.
  9. I’m pretty sure they have in house trademark attorneys, so they probably don’t have the associated costs. also, you misunderstand, they’re not trying to get us to change our name. Our name is fine. They’re trying to say we can’t use those string of words anywhere on our website to sell services that aren’t their service.
  10. I am interested, please, thank you.
  11. Yes, Houston. We haven’t even got to a budget yet, but I mean we don’t have tons of cash lying around. My next question, as to being bully, if you can sue them for basically being Philly and get financial restitution. Sounds like no. And guessing without that no firm will take the case for a back-end win. Sigh. Edit: and yes they have a federal trademark.
  12. Thanks for trying to dox me bro.
  13. Or know a trademark attorney? I don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of all the surly attorneys and what they do, so I’ll tag a few and see if y’all can help direct me or direct me to someone @TwiceHorn @South Austin @Brisketexan @Ghost of LL @dcbc @Gatorubet. I know Twice is a patent guy, which isn’t the same but seems adjacent. anyway, we’ve got a big rich company trying to bully my small business over their “trademark” which is the equivalent of a state name and a general commodity, like Nebraska Corn or California Water or Texas Pecans or Maryland Crab Cakes and they’re saying we can’t use those select words next to each other in any way because it’s their trademark. It’s obvious bullshit, but they’re bullies. Every general attorney I’ve talked to laughs at the premise. So not sure if anyone can point me in the direction of someone who can help. So if I missed an attorney kindly tag them here. I’ve just got a couple simple questions.
  14. Pretty sure Sark said in one of his recent press conferences not to expect Mosely until October.
  15. These posts make me feel real good about the Weller CYPB I picked up on the cheap from TotalWine a couple years ago.
  16. Goddamnit that's right in front of my office. Of course, the construction has already fucked that whole area, so I'd be detouring to get home anyway.
  17. I'm sorry, what 7 wars did this fucking idiot end?
  18. You think that's bad, there's a house on TC Jester between 18 and 11th that has had a car drive through their yard and front of their house. Twice. In the last year. The first time, they dropped a couple huge boulders on part of their driveway to block a car from doing it again. This time they missed the boulders, somehow ran over an entire light pole, and still took out the front door of this place's house. I can't imagine the resale value is looking good. I'm not even sure I could live there anymore.
  19. Heading North on Shepherd I basically have to force remind myself when it goes from 4 lanes to 3 right at the end of that apartment complex.
  20. Why do you write your posts in italics with stupid shit like ^^^^^^^^^^^^ and about the worst capitalization choices I've seen on the internet? Are you suffering from brain trauma?
  21. I was just asking, as I quoted the article where the authorities expected no foul play. So why do you think there was foul play?
  22. Well I quoted you and asked a question.
  23. It's hard to get old when posters like you are constantly providing me with fresh new material. I don't need to objectively prove to anyone whether my life is good or bad, or better or worse than yours. Because I don't care about your lives. Do I think you have objectively poor takes on this thread, and should feel bad about yourself? Sure. I'm sure there's plenty of people in the Food and Travel forum who think the same about me because I like ketchup as a condiment. But you're the person who says they're scared to wear burnt orange after a tough loss, who compared Saturday to "the abyss" and tried to dismiss someone else who wears their gear proudly as "impressing some Mexicans" while attempting to paint yourself as above the fray. And yet you want to call other people's behavior pathetic? Ok pal. You literally just described your behavior as that of a fair-weather fan. That's what's fucking pathetic.
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